Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Thameslink programme; and if he will make a statement.

London Bridge station works are progressing to schedule to enable the planned opening of part of the new concourse in late summer.

The new Class 700 trains are undergoing testing on the network and are due to enter passenger service on the Brighton to Bedford Thameslink route this spring.